Child Care Yard Sale
The auxiliary for the Board of Child Care of the United Methodist Church is hosting a yard sale to benefit a nonprofit child welfare agency. Items included in the sale are household, Christmas, clothes and daycare furniture including cots, coat racks, high chairs, changing tables, cribs, children's chairs and strollers. The yard sale is Saturday, June 30, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. at 3223 N. Rolling Road in Windsor Mill. A rain date is scheduled for Saturday, July 14. For more information, contact Communications Director Jennifer Michael at 410-922-2100, ext. 5610 or e-mail jmichael@boardofchildcare.org.
SHA PUBLIC MEETING
The Maryland State Highway Administration is hosting an informational meeting about an upcoming project to rehabilitate the MD 140 (Westminster Pike) bridge over the North Branch of the Patapsco River (Liberty Reservoir) at the Baltimore/Carroll County line. The meeting will be held Thursday, June 14, 6-7:30 p.m. in the Franklin Elementary School gymnasium, 33 Cockeys Mill Road in Reisterstown. The MD 140 bridge is scheduled for major rehabilitation starting early 2013. SHA will replace the bridge deck and supporting steel beams and widen the shoulders on the structure. For more information, contact Daniel Beck at 410-545-8317 or e-mail DBeck@sha.state.md.us.
Animal Festival
The Baltimore County Department of Health Animal Control Division is hosting an Animal Festival Saturday, June 16, at the county Animal Shelter, 13800 Manor Road in Baldwin. Vendors, rescue groups and activities for children will be available. Please be advised that the methods of payment for services at this event are cash and check only. For more information on pet adoption, rabies vaccination or micro-chipping, call the Baltimore County Animal Control Division at 410-887-5961.
Community Blood Drive
A Reisterstown/Glyndon Community Blood Drive will be held on Saturday, June 23, from 7:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Reisterstown United Methodist Church, 246 Main St. Each donor will receive Double Bonus Points and a limited edition "Just a Pinch" T-shirt as a thank you for donating. To schedule a donation, call Kelly Fairhurst at 410-356-8695, Lynn Beebe at 410-549-8856, Sharon McKoy at 410-833-3105, Robin Reusing at 443-789-9038, Anita Johnson at 410-363-6525, Heidi Connley at 410-833-1767, Cindy Bird at 410-922-6556, or Brian Ditto at 410-702-7073. For questions about eligibility, call 1-866-236-3276.
Charity Open Mic
Charity Open Mic nights are set for 9 p.m. - midnight, at Sacred Harvest Center, 362 Main St., in Reisterstown, every Wednesday through Aug 1. All proceeds will go 50/50 to The Community Crisis Center and The Association for Animal Rights, both Reisterstown nonprofits.
Light refreshments will be available for sale. Parking is on the street or behind the building. For more information contact Emma Matthews at 443-845-7142, or thegreatunknowing@gmail.com.
Farmers Market
The Baltimore County Farmers Market will be open every Wednesday, June 6-Oct. 31, from 2:30-5:30 p.m., at the Maryland State Fairgrounds at 2200 York Road in Lutherville-Timonium. Some of the local products that will be available are fruit, vegetables, chicken, beef, eggs, honey, milk and ice cream. For more information, call 410-207-2165 or go to http://www.baltimorecountyfarmersmarket.com.
Randallstown Farmers Market
The Randallstown Farmers Market, sponsored by the Liberty Road Business Association in partnership with Northwest Hospital, Randallstown library, United Healthcare and Baltimore County, is set to open Wednesday, beginning June 13, from 1-5 p.m., through Sept. 12, on the Randallstown library parking lot, 8406 Liberty Road.
The business association is taking vendor applications for the market. For more information, contact 410-655-7766 or lrba@lrba.biz.
RUMC Food Pantry
Reisterstown United Methodist Church is offering free food every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m., and every Saturday morning from 9 a.m.-noon, at 308 Main St., next to the church. Donations accepted at any time. For more information, call Irene Caitlin at 410-833-5440.
Bike plan adopted
The Baltimore County Planning Board unanimously approved the Western Baltimore County Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Plan on April 19. The plan has been transmitted to the Baltimore County Council for adoption as an amendment to the county master plan. The Planning Board made two changes based on comments received. The amendments revised the location of a recommended bicycle route in the Villa Nova community and a shared use path in the Woodlawn area. The approved plan is available at http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/westbikeped.
Co. Exec. launches recycling effort
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced a new residential recycling campaign designed to encourage residents to recycle more and to provide information about how much each area of the county is setting out for collection. The public outreach campaign invites people to visit the county's bcrecycles.com web page, where recycling rate information is available broken down by geographic areas within the county.
The Bureau of Solid Waste Management has divided Baltimore County into 44 areas. For the first time recycling rate information for 2011 and each of the first four months of 2012 is available for each area, which enables residents to see for themselves how they and their neighbors around the county are doing in terms of recycling.
In addition to viewing their area's recycling rate information at bcrecycles.com, residents can also find collection schedules, program guides, and other information. For more information, call 410-887-2000.
